Of Magic, Fire, Blood and Ice

11

Tom Riddle was not furious. He had been at Hogwarts for almost a year but he had not been able to access to the Slytherin chamber, it made him almost lose himself with fury. He had wanted to do the rebirth ritual in that chamber as it was the place of his ancestors but he was denied access. He assumed as he was not his own body he was not able to go inside but he was not completely sure. He had retrieved his Horcrux from the Room of Requirement, the Ravenclaw diadem was beautiful, and the large sapphire in the middle was blackened due to the soul piece it contained. All the preparations were done; all that was needed was the Potter brat. At the thought of Rayne Potter the lone human eye of Mad-Eye Moody flashed red.

The girl was powerful. She made a Dragon bow to herself and her control over fire intrigued him. Fire is the most unpredictable; those who had power over fire had power over the other three elements as well. He waited to see if she showed any water powers during the second task but there was no such display of power, while it was disappointing he had let a sigh of relief. It would not do well for him to have a powerful enemy. Her blood was needed for his successful resurrection. Peter Pettigrew was proving to be a surprisingly useful tool. The Triwizard Tournament cup was turned into a portkey all there was left was to wait.

His Horcruxes were safe, the ring, diary, locket, cup and the diadem. He had initially wanted to make seven Horcrux but was not able to complete them but now as soon as he gains a body he would make two more.

Sirius was having the time of his life. The Blacks were known for their wild ways, they were said to be both beautiful and deadly and Sirius was feeling exhilarated. His armies had total control over half of Essos already. The siege of Qohor and Volantis was successful making him the king of almost half of Essos. Next on his agenda was Norvos, along with the march to these two cities Sirius had sent missives to Myr, Lys and Tyrosh. The three sisters together were formidable but they often disputed with themselves. Sirius made use of this and tried to create discord among them. His army took ships and sunk a part of the three cities merchant ships seizing all the goods in them; they did so by using ships that had donned mast of the rival two cities. This led to war between the three cities which escalated to the point that Myr, Lys and Tyrosh had all hired sell swords as only Myr was a landlocked city the war took place there. The rulers of the three sisters exhausted themselves with internal conflict which created a perfect opportunity for Sirius. He struck the three cities with full might and was able to conquer them with in a moons time.

He now had command over five of the nine free cities. Sirius established his elves as the heads in all five cities, they in turn governed the city with the help of magisters who were all sworn and bound by oath to never betray Sirius. The elves had made them swear old oaths that would kill them if they tries to rebel. This had created a fierce some reputation of Sirius. The magisters all over the five cities believed him to be a magician. Anyone who tried to create chaos died within a week, because of this no one tried to rebel. All the mercenaries were disbanded and were offered to join his army or to embrace death.

Sirius presence and subsequent victories all over Essos had many people nervous. The Iron Bank of Bravoss was probably the most dangerous enemy one could have in the entire world. Their assassins worshipped death or as they called the Many Faced God. Even before Sirius had set his eyes on Bravoss, they had sent the Faceless men to kill Sirius. It was right after his conquering of the entire Slaver's Bay. He was having lunch with Rayne, Draco and Dudley. The three kids had visited him a few weeks after the second task telling him about Ignis and Tempest, when a servant arrived with drinks. The man was focused on Sirius, as soon as he was near the table he saw the other three occupants, as his gaze fell on Rayne he froze and dropped the drinks, making everyone focus on him. He dropped to his knees and pulled the mask away from his face. The four wizards had never seen anything like it. It was like the man had undergone a polyjuice transformation. Everything about the man changed his face, skin color and even his height. He bows his head and addresses Rayne.